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Judgment of Baker J in care proceedings concerning an 11 year old girl who suffers from a number of profound disabilities and will need care and support for the rest of her life. Final care order made and arguments for an interim care order rejected.
Damages claim alleging negligence and/or breach of terms of engagement in respect of the conduct of matrimonial proceedings and a cross-application by the Defendants seeking strike out of the claim as an abuse of process or as not disclosing reasonable grounds for the claim or alternatively, summary judgment pursuant to CPR Pt 24.2.
An application to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal a “best interests” decision and transparency order concerning a patient with end stage dementia.
An appeal concerning the interpretation of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 in the context of an application pursuant to s.27 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
Judgment of Mr Justice Williams considering the issues of habitual residence, jurisdiction in accordance with article 19 of Brussels IIa, article 18 of Brussels II and article 19 of the EU service regulations.
Application by a mother to return to Ukraine with the parties’ two children. Application dismissed.
Rose J’s judgment on a preliminary issue in a claim brought under the Inheritance Act 1975, namely the construction of a term of the deceased’s will purporting to provide ongoing maintenance to his children by way of reference to a previous financial remedy consent order.
Judgment of Mostyn J determining that the family court can order the sale of a property that is subject to a charging order. He sternly reminds family practitioners that even complex cases should be heard in the family court, not in the High Court.
Judgment involving a careful application of constructive trust and proprietary estoppel doctrines which determines that a cohabitant had no equitable interest in a farm property in which she had lived and in respect of which she had made contributions.
Court of Appeal judgment dealing with a husband’s appeal against a committal order made within financial remedy proceedings.
The wife appealed against a financial remedy proceedings order wherein she received approximately half the non-business assets (£51.4m) together with a 23.41% interest in a business that had been created by and run by the husband under a trust structure.
Appeal concerning the powers of the court to make an order for assessment of a child under section 38(6) of the Children Act 1989.
Further judgment by the President in care proceedings concerning a ‘very disturbed’ teenager.
The Upper Tribunal allowed the father’s appeal and remitted the case to the Child Maintenance Service to recalculate child support liability due to an error on a point of law.
Judgment by Hayden J in respect of a local authority’s application for a Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order to prevent an infant travelling to the Sudan with her mother.
Judgment in Court of Appeal as to whether there had been an “unfair summary disposal” of the parents’ application for a rehearing of care proceedings.
